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Evening Star, Issue 17792, 14 October 1921, Page 6

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. THREE THOUSAND RUNS. THE EIGHTH ~PE RE OR AI AN CE. C. P. Mead, tho Hampshire left-hand batsman, has .scored 3.000 runs for the season. Thia feat has been performed on only seven occasions, the last time having been 1906, when T. Hayward, the Surrey champion, made 3,518, the highest aggre-gate-ever secured in one season. Hayward and Hanjitsinhji are tho only two batsmen who have scored more than 3,000 in two separate seasons. In 1900 “Panji” scored 3,065 runs, with the astonishing average of 87.57. The complete records of batsmen who have made more than 3,000 runs in a season prior to Mead are as follows:

' ARMSTRONG'S RECORD. ' A GREAT "CENTURION. ’ la the match with Kent, at Canterbury, the Australian captain plaved an innings of 102. It was his second hundred of the tour, and he began his display in such rousing fashion that, with so free a runLiffitter as Macartney as his partner, he Hbjdly obtained 51 runs out of 69 in minutes, appropriate moment at which particulars of tho leviathan's matches. It will bo countries—EngAfrica, and New to Australia, Adelaide, Australia, MclNew South Wales, Molv. Sussex, Brighton, 1902. v. South. Africa, Johannes. v. New South Wales, Sydney, v. Queensland, Brisbane, ■P9O2-3, Victoria v. Queensland, Melbourne, r 1904 ' 5 - K26* Australia v. New Zealand, Christchurch, 1304 : 5. 112 Australians v. Notts, at Nottingham, 1905. 248* Australians t. Gentlemen, at Lord’s, 1905. , 303* Australians v. Somerset, at Bath, 1905. 122 Australians v. Northants, at Northampton, 1905. 165 Victoria v. South Australia, at Adelaide, 1905-6. 175 Melbourne C.O. y. Wellington, at Wellington, 1905-6. 168* Victoria v. New South Wales, at Melbourne, 1906-7. 231 Victoria v. South Australia, at Melbourne, 1907-8. 117 XL of Victoria; v. England, at South Melbourne, 1907-8. 110 Victoria v. New South Wales, at Sydney, 1907-8. 135* Australia v. England, at Melbourne,

1907-8. 145* Australia v. Rest of Australia,, at Sydney, 1907-8. 171 Victoria v. New South Wales, at Sydney, 1908-9. 106* Australians v. Notts, at Nottingham,

1909. 110* Australians v. Lancashire and Yorkshire, at Manchester, 1909. 107 Australians v, Kent, at Canterbury,

1909. i j 124 Victoria v. South Australia, at Melbourne, 1909-10. 149* Australians v. Canterbury, at Christchurch, 1909-10. 133 Australia v. South Africa, at Mel-

bourne ; 1910-11. 250 Victoria v. South Australia, at Mel-

bourne, 1911-12, 120* Victoria w England, at Melbourne,

1911-12. 118* Victoria v. New South Wales, at Sydney, 1912-13. 202* Victoria v. Queensland, at Melbourne, 1913-14. 132 Victoria' v. South Australia, at Melbourne, 1913-14. 128 Australians v. Auckland, at Auckland, 1913-14. 110* Australia v. Now Zealand, at Auckland, 1913-14. 162* Victoria v. South Australia, at Melbourne,’ 1918-19. 143 Victoria v. South Australia, at Melbourne, 1919-20. 167 and 245 Victoria v. South Australia, at Melbourne, 1920-21. 168 Australia y. England, at Sydney, 1920-21. 121 Australia v. England, at Sydney, 1920-21. IS5* Australia V. England, at Sydney, 1920-21. 117 Australians v. Warwickshire, at Edgbaston, 1921. 102 Australians v. Kent, at Canterbury, 1921. *Not out. Whilst making 172 not out v. Sussex In 1902, Armstrong and M. A. Noble (284) added 428 runs together for the sixth wicket. ’For the Melbourne O.C. hie scoring has been prolific, among his largest innings being 438, made in 395 minutes, v. Melbourne University in April, 1904, when he hit a 5 and forty-six 4’s, and put on 433 runs for the fifth wicket with E. ■Monfries; 335, obtained in three hours, against Southland at Invercargill in 19056} 265 not out y. St. Kilda in 1919-20; 266 v. Ballarat in 1912-13; and 251 r. Easendon in 1906-7. For the 'famous dub ho averaged 109.85 in 1912-13, 100 in 1919-20, and 93.55 in 1915-16, while in 1910-11 his figure was 114 i ior the senior eleven and 161 in mid-week Ljnatchea.

Highest Year. Batsman. Runs. Score. Avgo. 1906 T. Hayward ... 3,518 219 66.57 1901 R. Abel 5,309 247 55.15 1904- T. Hayward ... 3,170 205 54.65 1899 K. S. Raniitsmhii 3,159 197 63.18 1901 C. B. Hrv - 3,147 244 78.67 1900 K. S. Eanjifainhji 3,066 375 87.57 1901 J. T. Tyklcsley 3,041 221 55.29